Internships - Environmental Responsibility

Location: Bagsværd, Denmark

Your impact begins here

As an Intern in Environmental Responsibility, you will turn environmental knowledge and data into action at Novo HQ in Bagsværd. Working alongside project managers and specialists, you will support work on circular product design, chemical compliance, climate adaptation and environmental due diligence. As Novo grows, your research, analysis and clear presentations will help the right environmental decisions get made, while you gain hands-on experience to complement your studies.

What you’ll bring

You are a student and an energetic self-starter who is curious about environmental sustainability and keen to make a difference. You also bring:

• Current enrolment in a degree programme, which you must keep throughout the internship.
• Strong analytical skills and a structured way of working.
• Good written and spoken English.
• Confidence using AI tools, Excel and PowerPoint, particularly to turn complex information into clear presentations.
• A curious, proactive and service-minded approach, and enjoyment of collaborating across disciplines.

Depending on the team you apply to, we are also looking for:

• Circularity & Products: a degree in environmental engineering, chemistry, sustainability, business or a related field. Technical and business backgrounds are both welcome, as long as you want to influence decisions that affect the environment.
• Climate, Nature & Chemicals: an interest in chemicals, sustainability and regulatory compliance. You are comfortable with large, complex datasets, and you can structure, analyse and communicate information clearly. You are pragmatic and enjoy complex questions where the path forward is not predefined.
• Environmental Performance & Intelligence: a degree in environmental science or a related field, including business, law or engineering with a sustainability focus.

Useful, but not essential:

Experience in climate data analysis or geospatial mapping, gained through coursework, projects or previous work, is particularly welcome for Environmental Performance & Intelligence.

What you’ll do

Your tasks will depend on your background and the team you join:

• Circularity & Products: support initiatives on circular product design and life cycle assessments (LCA) of our current and future portfolio, through research, data collection and assessment, project coordination and clear stakeholder presentations. You could quantify the environmental impact of pharmaceutical products, including Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (PiE), identify where to improve, and explore how this can create commercial value.
• Climate, Nature & Chemicals: support chemical compliance and chemical strategy by helping implement regulatory requirements, update internal guidelines and training, collect and assess chemical data, and develop the processes and systems that support compliance. You will also support the environmental strategy on chemicals with data analysis, stakeholder engagement, decision material and project coordination.
• Environmental Performance & Intelligence: support work on climate adaptation, environmental due diligence and environmental strategy. This could include developing a methodology to prioritise climate risk at production sites and suppliers, identifying how our operations affect the environment to help meet EU sustainability requirements (CSDDD), and researching leading practices for our strategy review.
• Across all teams, turn data and research into clear input that colleagues can use to make decisions. 

Who you’ll work with

You will join one of three teams within Environmental Responsibility, part of the CEO office, Transformation & Sustainability area. Environmental Responsibility is a team of around 70 specialists, project managers, consultants and experts. Together they drive Novo’s environmental work, including the strategy ‘Circular for Zero’ and cross-organisational projects.

You will work with project managers and specialists across Novo, and collaborate across disciplines to move work forward. Your closest contacts are the team contacts for each position:

• Circularity & Products: Eva Vestergaard, +45 30758269, ECQV@novonordisk.com
• Climate, Nature & Chemicals: Emilie Marie Reiler, +45 34482317, ELRL@novonordisk.com
• Environmental Performance & Intelligence: Moritz Herber, +45 30751392, OMZH@novonordisk.com

What you can expect here

You will get hands-on learning in a team that is growing alongside Novo, and real responsibility for work that colleagues rely on. You will be supported to perform at your best, trusted to take ownership and encouraged to make your voice heard. The team works across disciplines, and still finds time for fun.

Practicalities:

• Period: full-time for 6 months, with potential extension to 12 months.
• Start date: January/February 2027.
• Location: Novo HQ, Bagsværd, Denmark.
• Pay: if allowed by your educational institution, the internship is paid at a fixed monthly base rate of DKK 15,900, plus a pension scheme (currently 10% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution).

Start now

Your impact begins today. If you are ready to turn environmental knowledge into action, apply by 22 November 2026. Please state in your application which position(s) you are applying for and your level of education. Applications are assessed on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

For further information on the positions, contact the relevant person listed above.

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